TESOL CALL Interest Section Software List Deborah Healey, Editor Alphabetical Listing - I [0-9][A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] IELTS Tutor Machine: Win Skill(s): testing Publisher: Educational Software Products Approximate single-unit price: $75 Purchase options: £40; lab Level: Advanced For: All but K-8 Preparation, practice and feedback for students studying for the IELTS examination. Every part of the exam analysed. Tips and tactics designed to help them get the best result possible. Timed tests for the reading, writing and listening papers. Notes on their answers. Written by IELTS examiners and teachers. Imagination Express: Destinations Machine: Mac/Win Skill(s): reading, listening, speaking Publisher: Sunburst Technology Approximate single-unit price: $60 Purchase options: $60 each title; lab, network avail. Level: Beginning, intermediate For: All Excellent software for making interactive storybooks. For ESL purposes, it is even better if projected onto a large screen for whole class oral language activities. Choose from a variety of scenes: school, home, playground, mall, etc. Place people and objects into this setting. These 'smart stickers' can be positioned inside, beside, behind, in front of, etc and change their size according to where they are placed on the screen. Narration can be added. CD-ROMs in the series: Castle; Neighborhoods; Rain Forest; Ocean; Pyramids; and Time Trip USA. For ESL, Neighborhoods and Oceans are probably most helpful. Sheltered English classes might be able to use others depending on subject. Imagine Learning English Machine: Win Skill(s): comprehensive Publisher: Imagine Learning Purchase options: contact publisher Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced For: K-12 English language development for K-12 students; designed for school-wide adoption. Extensive collection of integrated activities, testing, and record-keeping. Inspiration Machine: Mac, Win Skill(s): writing Publisher: Inspiration Software Approximate single-unit price: $70 Purchase options: $195 site license Level: Advanced For: All but K-6 A pre-writing program that allows students to organize and arrange ideas in outline or diagram form. Useful for making flow charts to show the logical progression of ideas. Most frequently used for concept mapping and story webbing. Interactive Language Workshop Machine: Win, Mac Skill(s): vocabulary Publisher: Idiom Software Approximate single-unit price: $40 Level: Beginning For: All The Workshop integrates the BodyBuilder, DressMe, HouseKey, MysteryFamily and TimeTeller programs in a single, CD-ROM based program with graphics, digital sound, and interactive language learning activities. Topics include body and face parts, clothing, the house, family, telling time and prepositions of location, with more than 300 vocabulary words in all! Every word is pronounced by native speakers. Interactive Picture Dictionary, The Machine: Win Skill(s): spelling, vocabulary Publisher: Protea Textware See also Wida Approximate single-unit price: $138 Purchase options: lab pack Level: Beginning, intermediate For: All This CD-ROM-based program teaches and tests spelling and vocabulary comprehension. The teacher can customise by adding own key words, context sentences and number of syllables per word. Australian English. Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7. Issues in English I and II Machine: Win Skill(s): comprehensive Publisher: Protea Textware See also Wida Approximate single-unit price: $180 Purchase options: CDs sold separately; lab Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced For: All Two CD-ROMs, each with eight issues (Smoking, Gambling, Discrimination, Growing Old, etc.), each covered at four levels of complexity from Beginner to Advanced. Each issue has a video clip of someone presenting the issue, with the language activities (approx. 18 per issues per level) based on the video clip. CD-ROMs sold separately. Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7. It's Your Job Machine: Win Skill(s): speaking Publisher: Clarity Language Consultants Purchase options: Contact publisher Level: Intermediate, advanced For: Adult, HE An eBook, interactive activities and interviews with employers help learners answer four questions: 1.What is the interviewer looking for?, 2.What do I need to prepare?, 3.What are the pitfalls I need to avoid?, and 4.How can I develop my skills? A series of 40 interactive activities enables learners to test their strategies and build their job-seeking and language skills. This includes responding to sample job adverts, answering interview questions in real time, and studying the style of a follow-up email. International, North American, and Indian English. Read about a specific title: [1-9] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] Go to the Publisher List Go to the Software List home page Go to the Elementary Education List Add a title or comment about a title to the List Add publisher information to the List or change publisher information https://eltexpert.com/softlist/listi.html Last updated 10 June 2010 by Deborah Healey, dhealey at uoregon dot edu .